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Alkaline Earth Metals Lab

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The purpose of the lab was to discover the properties and the trends of the alkaline earth metals. In part A, the trend was as the atomic number increase in the alkaline earth metals the elements are more reactive. The alkaline earth metals each have two electrons in their outer shell and because all electrons want to become stable they are ready to give up the two electrons. When they are combined with water, the chemical reaction occurs differently based on each element. The higher the element's atomic number, the further away the two outermost electrons are from the nucleus. The further away the electrons are from the nucleus, the weaker their bond is and they are easily taken away. The easier they are taken, a bigger reaction occurs
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